Vietnam

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 31, 2015

Flooding in Vietnam kills at least 17 people, and prompts concerns of landslides and water pollution. MORE

Jul. 9, 2015

Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement between United States and 11 Pacific Rim nations, expected in summer, could reshape variety of industries from banking to farming to textiles; Vietnam in particular has been open to expanding trade with US in order to move further under American security umbrella. MORE

Jul. 8, 2015

Pres Obama welcomes Vietnamese Communist Party head Nguyen Phu Trong to White House, saying countries are ready to move beyond their troubled history and work together on security and trade; visit comes on 20th anniversary of normalized relationships between former war enemies and on 40th anniversary of fall of Saigon. MORE

Jul. 8, 2015

Editorial supports Pres Obama's decision to invite Vietnamese Communist Party head Nguyen Phu Trong to White House; holds meeting shows Obama's commitment to building ties in Asia and is beneficial for trade, defense and global peacekeeping; commends Obama for not shying away from subject of Vietnam's human rights abuses and urges him to push Vietnam to open its political system and allow its citizens greater freedoms. MORE

Jul. 6, 2015

Memo from Vietnam; American veterans living in Vietnam are leading reconciliation efforts there, hosting social events with former Vietcong soldiers they once considered enemies and becoming involved in social causes; relations between United States and Vietnam have strengthened rapidly over several years, driven in part by a need to form geopolitical alliances that counterbalance increasing power of China. MORE

Jun. 26, 2015

Lao Cai Journal; dispute between Vietnam and China over island in South China Sea has had profound effect on small-scale traders in border towns like Lao Cai, Vietnam; cross-border trade has been held up for months. MORE

May. 24, 2015

Perri Klass travel article on restaurants that sell street food specialties in Vietnam cities of Hanoi and Hoi An. MORE

Apr. 30, 2015

Hue Journal; economic boom transforming Vietnamese city of Hue is threatening its historic remains and architectural legacy as freeways, resorts and apartment towers are built; development may prove more damaging than long-sustained threats from humid weather and war. MORE

Mar. 31, 2015

Illegal hunting operations in Vietnam are threatening existence of several species of rare wild animals, as poachers seek to capitalize off of demand for exotic meats and ingredients in traditional medicines; stemming illegal trade has proved difficult in Vietnam, where few protections exist and conservation is not high priority. MORE

Mar. 27, 2015

Roger Cohen Op-Ed column submits bloody war between United States and Vietnam has been replaced by trade battle over Vietnamese catfish industry; notes US has fought both to prohibit fish from being called catfish and to label them catfish in order to impose stricter inspection standards; applauds Vietnam for efforts to move past Vietnam War and says fish war is better than actual war. MORE

Feb. 21, 2015

Popular Vietnamese TV program Meeting Each Other at Year’s End, which airs every year on Lunar New Year's Eve, mocks government policies in way that is seldom seen in one-party communist state where dissent is discouraged. MORE

Feb. 9, 2015

Vietnam's high-tech industry is booming, but some analysts are concerned that new and pending government regulations, which dictate how businesses must be run, may hurt growth and entrepreneurship. MORE

Jan. 4, 2015

Cargo vessel belonging to Norwegian shipping company Gerbulk reportedly sinks off coast of Vietnam; only 1 of 19 Filipino crew members is known to have survived. MORE

Nov. 2, 2014

David W LLoyd travel article recounts hike through Hang En cave, one of the biggest caves in Vietnam. MORE

Oct. 25, 2014

Editorial cautiously supports America's efforts to strengthen ties with Vietnam by easing ban on providing country with lethal weapons and approving sale of technology for civilian nuclear energy program there; notes Vietnam is important force in America's plans to build regional counterweight to China; warns that regional tensions and Vietnam's poor human rights record necessitate care in transfer of weapons and nuclear equipment. MORE

Oct. 12, 2014

Travel Q&A interview with Charles Phan, chef and owner of San Francisco restaurant Slanted Door, who discusses his culinary outings in Vietnam. MORE

Oct. 3, 2014

United States partially lifts its ban on providing lethal arms to Vietnam, move intended to help Hanoi strengthen its maritime security as it contends with more assertive China. MORE

Aug. 17, 2014

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen Martin E Dempsey has courted Vietnam over course of several days; Dempsey is the first chairman in more than 40 years to visit United States' old enemy, now envisioned as partner that will acquire American weapons and help offset power of China. MORE

Aug. 10, 2014

Two-and-a-half month standoff over Chinese oil rig illustrates the long reach of China’s nautical ambitions, but broader issues over sovereignty in South China Sea, and who has rights to extract oil and gas in the region, remain far from resolved. MORE

Jul. 22, 2014

Chinese accounted for roughly a million foreign visitors to Vietnam in the first half of 2014; arrivals from the Chinese mainland fell about 30 percent in June following anti-Chinese riots over oil rig in South China Sea. MORE

Jul. 16, 2014

State-owned Chinese energy company announces that giant oil rig deployed in disputed waters off coast of Vietnam has completed its exploration work and will be moved. MORE

Jul. 13, 2014

Op-Ed article by sociologist Tuong Lai underscores Vietnam's need for strategic allies to confront China; contends that Vietnam must join the rest of the world and embrace ideals of democracy, freedom and justice for all if it is to defeat Chinese expansionism. MORE

Jul. 6, 2014

Memories of a short but ferocious conflict between Vietnam and China in 1979 permeate current sour relations between the two Communist countries now at odds over contested waters in the South China Sea; memories are strong not only because of horrendous death toll but also because the Chinese pummeled towns and villages as they withdrew, destroying even schools and hospitals. MORE

Jul. 4, 2014

The detention of the six fishermen in waters claimed by China and Vietnam comes as tensions continue to be high over the disputed waters. MORE

Jun. 20, 2014

Chinese government, one day after tough talks between Vietnam and China that made no progress over Chinese oil rig in South China Sea, says it is sending second rig to waters close to Vietnam; move is signal China will press ahead to secure what it sees as its rights in commercially and strategically vital waterway. MORE

Jun. 19, 2014

China and Vietnam exchange sharp views in their dispute over a Chinese oil rig deployed in contested waters in the South China Sea near Vietnam’s coast; China accuses Vietnam of interfering in operations and warns it will takes measures to ensure rig's safety; Vietnam says China has violated its sovereignty and breached regional and international agreements. MORE

Jun. 19, 2014

Editorial expresses concern over China's increasingly aggressive actions in territorial dispute in South China Sea; points to presence of Chinese oil rig in waters claimed by Vietnam and China's efforts to assert dominance in area by creating artificial islands; says real problem is not question of sovereignty, but China's belief that its expanding military and economic power entitle it to greater sway in dispute. MORE

Jun. 18, 2014

Senior Chinese official, Yang Jiechi, will meet with Deputy Prime Min Pham Binh Minh of Vietnam in first high-level discussions between the two countries since early May, when sea vessels from two sides rammed each other in disputed waters near Chinese deep-sea oil rig installation. MORE

Jun. 17, 2014

China has been moving sand onto reefs and shoals to add several new islands to Spratly archipelago, part of effort to expand Chinese footprint in South China Sea; island-building has alarmed Vietnam, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations that also claim sovereignty over archipelago. MORE

Jun. 7, 2014

Vietnam is first country in Southeast Asia to make ecosystem payments a national policy through a 2010 law that established an incentive program; farmers receive payments under program that is intended to support economic development in poor areas while protecting forest cover. MORE

May. 28, 2014

Chinese vessel rams and sinks Vietnamese fishing boat near Chinese oil rig parked in disputed waters off Vietnam's coast; nations trade accusations over incident, escalating tensions and aggravating diplomatic relationship that was already at its worst point in decades. MORE

May. 27, 2014

Chinese fishing vessel rams and sinks Vietnamese fishing boat near Chinese deepwater oil rig that was placed in disputed waters off coast of Vietnam; collision is likely to escalate already high tensions between the two countries over the oil rig. MORE

May. 25, 2014

Nicholas Kristof Op-Ed column celebrates Tay Thi Nguyen, Vietnamese girl who defied her mother and starved herself so that she could pursue dream of becoming the first girl from her village to graduate from college; notes that Tay Thi plans on returning home to teach, highlighting how the education of young girls is one of the most powerful tools to achieve social change. MORE

May. 24, 2014

Vietnamese woman sets herself on fire in downtown Ho Chi Minh City to protest China’s positioning of an oil rig in waters claimed by Vietnam. MORE

May. 22, 2014

Nicholas Kristof Op-Ed column provides update on impoverished Vietnamese girl Dao Ngoc Phung, whom he visited in 2011 while she was struggling to get an education; says thanks to reader donations to Room To Read, charity founded by Microsoft executive John Wood, Phung, now 16, is near top of her 11th-grade class; notes much more can be done, from legislation to philanthropy, to support women and education worldwide. MORE

May. 22, 2014

Thirty-year natural gas deal between China and Russia shows that it is going to great lengths to satisfy its growing hunger for energy, even as China is locked in tense standoff with Vietnam over oil rig drilling in contested South China Sea; both developments demonstrate China's expansive approach to energy, a political and economic strategy with significant implications for rest of the world. MORE

May. 19, 2014

Vietnamese government stops anti-Chinese demonstrators from gathering outside Chinese Embassy in Hanoi, deploying large number of police officers around building; actions follow week of violent protests prompted by presence of Chinese oil rig in disputed waters of South China Sea, where conflict between countries continues. MORE

May. 18, 2014

Vietnamese officials signal that further violence over a dispute with China will not be tolerated, declaring that more than 300 people involved in attacks on foreign-owned businesses will be prosecuted; outburst of looting and arson that left scores of factories flattened in Vietnam was triggered by China's deployment of deep-sea oil rig in disputed waters of South China Sea off Vietnam's coast. MORE

May. 17, 2014

Vietnamese government risks angering both residents and investors as it attempts to deal with fallout from week of violent protests aimed at foreign businesses; violence was spurred by China's attempts to project its growing power in the contested South China Sea. MORE

May. 16, 2014

Scores of Chinese laborers are brutally attacked by Vietnamese mob as violence in southern Vietnam spreads to Ha Tinh Province over territorial dispute in the South China Sea. MORE

May. 15, 2014

Thousands of Vietnamese workers rampage, setting fire to dozens of foreign-owned factories after China places an oil rig in disputed waters off Vietnam's coast without warning; riots mark a rare outpouring of popular outrage over China's increasingly insistent claims to strategically important, resource-rich seas; in their rage, however, Vietnamese workers appear to have misdirect their anger, attacking businesses from South Korea and Taiwan that took the risk of investing in their nation. MORE

May. 14, 2014

Thousands of workers rampage through an industrial area in southern Vietnam following protest against China's stationing of an oil rig in disputed waters off country's coast; territorial dispute has unleashed some of the worst civil unrest in recent years and has prompted what appears to be a news media blackout by the government. MORE

May. 14, 2014

Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column contends that a new global political force has been created by social media and the Internet; identifies this group as The Square People, mostly young people who aspire to a higher standard of living and more liberty and who are seeking reform in countries across the globe; cites as examples mobilization of young people in Ukraine and Vietnam. MORE

May. 13, 2014

China and Vietnam appear to have reached at least a temporary impasse over giant drilling rig sent by state-controlled Chinese oil company to site in South China Sea between Vietnam coast and cluster of disputed islands; confrontation continues to raise thorny issues of international law. MORE

May. 11, 2014

Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column describes traveling from Ukraine to Vietnam, noting that both country's are dealing with large and belligerent neighbors in the form of Russia and China; argues that Russia's annexation of Crimea and China's incursion in Vietnam's territorial waters reveal post-Cold War dynamics of nationalism and resource competition; expresses hope that United States can help resolve these border disputes peacefully. MORE

May. 10, 2014

China inflames tensions with Vietnam by moving its first deepwater drilling rig to position about 17 miles off an island claimed by both countries in South China Sea; move signals that China is more willing to act first and invite diplomacy later in dealing with territorial claims. MORE

May. 10, 2014

Editorial asserts that China's deployment of oil rig for first time into area of South China Sea claimed by Vietnam has dangerously increased tensions there; recommends that Vietnam bring case against China to international arbitration tribunal in The Hague; adds that summit meeting of Southeast Asian nations in Myanmar provides good opportunity for Vietnam and its neighbors to formulate unified response to China's aggression. MORE

May. 9, 2014

China demands withdrawal of Vietnamese ships near giant Chinese drilling rig and for the first time acknowledges its vessels had blasted the Vietnamese flotilla with cannons; latest back-and-forth in dispute with Vietnam sends Vietnamese stock market plunging and elicits concern in Washington. MORE

May. 8, 2014

Tensions rise in the South China Sea as Vietnamese naval vessels confront Chinese ships that were working to place an oil rig off Vietnam's coast; Vietnamese officials claim that their ships were rammed by the Chinese vessels three days earlier, amid other provocations. MORE

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